https://github.com/vjeux/jscollaborativepresentation

Experiment: Can we write a collaborative Javascript presentation?
https://github.com/vjeux/jscollaborativepresentation

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Experiment: Can we write a collaborative Javascript presentation?

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vjeux/jscollaborativepresentation
• Owner: vjeux
• Created: 2011-08-28T12:53:28.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2011-10-26T15:23:03.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T15:07:23.119Z (9 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://vjeux.github.com/jsCollaborativePresentation/
• Size: 210 KB
• Stars: 30
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
#jsCollaborativePresentation

I, [Christopher Chedeau](http://blog.vjeux.com/) am currently a student at [EPITA](http://epita.fr/). 

It's a computer science school with is a high focus on C and C++. 

Many students feel that low-level C is the holy grail and web development, with its dynamic language Javascript,

is only good for noobs. I am going to make a **1 hour conference** in order to prove them wrong!

While I could go the standard way and write the slides myself, I believe that the spirit of the web is community. 

This is why I would like to start an **experiment: Can we write together slides for a Javascript presentation?**

## Let me see!

The latest version of the presentation is available here:

- **http://vjeux.github.com/jsCollaborativePresentation/**

I will answer comments and questions on the [Hacker News thread](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2933965).

I will update my Twitter [@Vjeux](http://twitter.com/#!/Vjeux) with updates. 

If you have any question, [email protected] is my mail, gtalk and msn address.

## What?

The public:

  - 3rd-5th year students in a Computer Science school

  - They know very well about programming (no need to explain loops)

  - They know very well about C & C++

The content:

  - Javascript, **the language**

  - Show what sexy we can do in Javascript compared to C++

  - The presentation is composed of many design pattern presentations. Pick one you like and make a slide or two!

  - Examples of subjects: 

  [Continuation Passing Style](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style), 

  [Memoization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoization), 

  [Functional Programming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming),

  [Method Chaining](http://ejohn.org/blog/ultra-chaining-with-jquery/),

  [Private Members](http://javascript.crockford.com/private.html) ...

What this presentation is **not** about:

  - HTML5 features (WebGl, Audio ...) and libraries in general. (You can use them as examples however).

  - The bad parts: the goal is to promote Javascript :)

  - CoffeeScript

  - Learning how to program

## How to contribute?

Let's say you want to add a slide about memoization:

  - [Fork the project](https://github.com/vjeux/jsCollaborativePresentation/fork)

  - Copy **slides/hook.html** to **slides/memoization.html** (Note: Change **memoization** by the name of your technique ...)

  - Open index.html and add the file

  

```  

  /* Add your slides here */

  include('slides/intro.html');

  include('slides/hook.html');

  // ...

  include('slides/memoization.html');

```

  - See the presentation at http://**username**.github.com/jsCollaborativePresentation

  - Edit **slides/memoization.html** to make it rock!

  - Commit

  - In your github project page, click the **Pull Request** link at the top right

  - Fill a short description and submit

You are done! Just give me some minutes to merge it with the live repo :)

## Final Remarks

  - The name of all the contributors will appear in the last slide.

  - I will make the talk during September and record it. It will be in French. (I wish I could present it in English during the [jsConf.eu](http://jsconf.eu/2011/)!)

  - I'm pretty sure some people will ask what license the presentation is ... I have no idea, please suggest one :)

  - I reserve the right to forge the final presentation as I wish. Sorry in advance if your slides are edited / not taken.

## Tools that power the presentation

  - [DeckJS](http://imakewebthings.github.com/deck.js/)

  - [jQuery](http://jquery.com/)

  - [Modernizr](http://www.modernizr.com/)